If Chiang Xiao and the others come back and find heâs not here, theyâll have to go out looking for him again.
So Dai Gang insisted on not letting him go out.
"When itâs daylight, if theyâre not back yet, Teacher Liu, you should have Pheng Fei take you to the police. Iâm afraid it might trouble you a bit because itâs not convenient for me to come forward right now."
However, by tomorrow, he could first send someone over, freeing him to go out and search.
Liu Guoying sighed, "Whatâs troublesome about that? Chiang Xiao is my student, itâs naturally my responsibility."
As he spoke, his voice caught and he choked up a bit.
He was genuinely worried sick.
He hadnât closed his eyes all night.
In Country Y, he was entirely unaware of what was going on outside.
He kept thinking, what if something really happened to Chiang Xiao?
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed.
The more he thought about it, the more he couldnât sleep.
Dai Gang was running back and forth between two rooms, and he hadnât stopped all night either.
The snow outside had already stopped, after snowing heavily through the night, everything outside was a silver blanket.
Two different landscapes had transformed overnight.
How cold must it be out there?
"Do you think if something really happened to them, how could they possibly endure it outside?" Liu Guoying was starting to let his thoughts run wild, and just the thought of that possibility made his eyes redden.
What use is it, for him to follow Chiang Xiao out here?
If something really happened to her, he couldnât protect her all the same, and couldnât even help at all.
Liu Guoying felt extremely guilty.
Dai Gang stood up and walked to the window, looking out at the snow-covered world, and said in a deep voice: "Teacher Liu, you donât need to worry too much, theyâre sure to be fine. Our leaderâs skills are so good, and sister-in-lawâs skills are even stronger than mine, what could happen to them?"
"Then why havenât they come back all night?"
"I guess they ran into something that delayed them, maybe they discovered some important intelligence and couldnât make it back, rather than running into danger."
This was a theory occupying half of Dai Gangâs mind.
He really believed that Meng Xinian and the others were held up by something, rather than encountering danger.
Because both of their skills were exceptional.
Liu Guoyingâs mind eased a bit, finding some truth to it.
But his heart remained uneasy.
Until they returned, he was endlessly worried.
Dai Gang suddenly opened his eyes wide, staring at a figure running through the snow outside the window.
The personâs shape was unfamiliar, and since it was just barely dawn, he couldnât see clearly, but his intuition said the person was coming this way.
Sure enough, as the person came closer and looked up over here, he saw that face.
"Teacher Liu, my sister-in-law is back!"
"What? Where?" Liu Guoying abruptly stood up, but because he hadnât slept all night and had been on pins and needles, his mind was tense. Rising so suddenly, he saw black before his eyes and almost collapsed to the ground.
Dai Gang was startled, rushed over in a flash, and caught him.
"Teacher Liu, be careful, sit down quickly."
After helping Liu Guoying sit down and looking out the window again, he could no longer see Chiang Xiao.
"Huh? Where is sister-in-law?"
Dai Gang was momentarily stunned.
He could have sworn he just saw her.
Chiang Xiao had just turned in another direction, in a spot where no one could see, and let Meng Xinian out.
"I hadnât expected Dai Gang to be standing right at the window, so he saw me. He might think itâs strange later," Chiang Xiao glanced at him, then looked at her own clothes, "I definitely wasnât wearing these when I went out last night."